Haiti was counting the cost of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Matthew on Saturday night, with almost 900 inhabitants killed and tens of thousands displaced in the Caribbean country.
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In Haiti, a City’s Race Into the 21st Century Is Ruined by a Hurricane
Things had been looking up in Jérémie, a coastal city marooned on the tip of Haiti’s southern peninsula. It had recently gotten its first decent road link to the rest of the country, a new highway through the rugged mountains that brought development.
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‘I don’t scare easily’: A 94-year-old judge’s refusal to bow to Racism, Death Threats
Long before federal judge Damon Keith became known as a “crusader for justice,” he was a new Howard University School of Law graduate working as a janitor while he studied for the bar exam.
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Tito Puente Jr on the African Origins of Latin Jazz
El Barrio Latin Jazz Festival happens every year in Harlem to celebrate the birthplace of Latin Jazz Music and to commemorate its king, the late Tito Puente.
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Condoleezza Rice Calls On Donald Trump To Drop Out Of The Race
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice broke her silence on the presidential election on Saturday and called on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to end his campaign.
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Hurricane Matthew’s devastation in Haiti forces UN to call for $120m in aid
Ban Ki-moon says ‘massive response’ is crucial to provide ‘life-saving assistance’ as local aid officials struggle to get resources to increasingly desperate areas.
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Hurricane Matthew: Haiti tragedy repeats itself
Aid now a priority in Caribbean nation but everyone here wants to be sure not to repeat mistakes of the past.
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Is Anything That Trump Says About African American Communities True?
Donald Trump makes it sound like black Americans lead terrible lives—filled with race riots, rampant shootings, and rapid rising unemployment. He seems to think that African American communities are all equally engulfed in poverty.
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Historic Black School defaced with ‘White Power’ and Nazi Graffiti
A historic one-room school house that once served as a segregated place of learning for black children in Loudoun County was defaced Friday night with the Nazi swastika and references to “white power”.
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100 Education Groups Push to Get Rid of School-Based Police Officers
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see a police officer or two patrolling the hallways of your child’s school. School resource officers are often stationed in places of learning to provide students and staff with an extra sense of security.
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